Rope-hold



(No Model.)

E. T. RUGG.

ROPE HOLD.

No. 482,756 Patented Sept. 20, 1892.

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Wifgesszs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EPHRAIM T. RUGG, OF ALEXANDRIA, OHIO.

ROPE-HOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,756, datedSeptember 20, 18 92.

Application filed June 30,1891. Serial No. 398,070. (No model.)

To all whom it may-concern.-

Be it known that I, EPHBAIM T. Rose, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alexandria, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Rope- I'Iold, of which the followingis aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in rope holders and ties.

The object of the present invention is to enable an end of a rope to bereadily attached to the body of the same to form a loop and to bereadily adjusted to vary the size of the loop.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and set forth in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a holder or tieconstructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to arope. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar viewtaken at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the tieor holder detached.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a tie orrope-holder adapted to be employed in hitching ropes, halters, and thelike to secure one end of a rope to the body thereof to form a loop, andconsisting of a metal plate which is approximately in the shape of atrefoil and is provided with eyes 3 and 4, adapted to receive a rope.The plate is bent in three directions to arrange the central eyeslightly at an oblique angle to the left of a true vertical line, theeye to the right of said central eye being at a slight upward obliquityfrom the lower part of said central eye, and the eye to the left of saidcentral eye being at a slight upward oblique angle from the top of thecentral eye, and said right and left eyes being in different planes andlocated nearer to each other on one side of the central eye than on theother. The body 5 of a rope is arranged longitudinally of the plate, onthe outer face of the same, and extends through the perforations or eyesat, and the end 6 to be tied passes through the eyes 3 from the innerface of the plate, resting in the bent portion of the plate, and extendsat right angles to the body portion of the rope and is interposedbetween the same and the plate, and thus is securely clamped. By thisarrangement a rope may be securely tied, the strain is equallydistributed, the parts are not worn at the points of contact with theplate, and the rope may be readily loosened to Vary the size of theloop. The outer portion of each of the eyes is rounded to provide for aneasy insertion and bearing of the different portions of the rope; butthe inner face of each of the eyes is fiat and forms a binding angularedge around the opening of each eye. The plate enables a rope to make ahalf-hitch, and is thereby held at any desired adjustment by frictionalcontact only, which is of great advantage.

What I claim is- A rope-holder for forming a loop by frictionallyclamping an end of a rope to the body of the same, consisting of a plateWith three eyes integrally connected, the central eye being slightlyoblique to the left of a true vertical line, the right eye extendingslightly above a horizontal plane at an angle from the lower portion ofsaid central eye, and the left eye being obliquely arranged to the upperpart of said central eye, all of said eyes being in different planes andthe two end eyes arranged nearer to each other on one side of thecentral eye than on the other side of said latter eye, the two end eyesbeing adapted to receive the body of the rope and the central eye theend of said rope, which is interposed between the body of the ropepassing through said end eyes and the plate, whereby a halfhitch of therope is made, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affiXedmy signature in presence of witnesses.

EPIIRAIM T. RUGG.

Witnesses:

JAMES R. LADD, BERTHA WEED.

